Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; compare the Latin beatus and felix. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet Makarios to the gods.

In other languages the name has the following forms:

• Finnish: the given name Kari or Karri. Derived surname: Mäkäräinen.

• Greek: Makarios (Μακάριος)

• Armenian: Մակար (Makar)

• Italian: Macario (also a family name)

• Portuguese: Macário

• Spanish Macarena (name)

• Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian: Makar (Макар) from Church Slavonic Makariy (Макарій). Derived surnames: Makarov/Makarova, Makarenko, Makarchuk, Makarevich.

• Serbian: Makarije/Макарије

• Romanian: Macarescu (surname)

• French: Macaire

• Dutch: Karis, Kerris (also a surname)

People named Macarius

• Macarous of Alexandria, a martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria (died 250)

• Macarius of Egypt (300–390), Egyptian monk and hermit. Also known as Pseudo-Macarius, Macarius-Symeon, Macarius the Elder, or St. Macarius the Great

• Pseudo-Macarius (4th/5th century), Syrian author

• Macarius of Jerusalem, Bishop in 314–333

• Macarius of Alexandria, also known as Macarius the Younger (died 395)

• Macarius Magnes, 4th century Christian author of an apology "Apocriticus"

• Macarius I of Antioch: Patriarch of Antioch, deposed in 681

• Pope Macarius I of Alexandria, ruled in 933–953

• Pope Macarius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1102–1128

• Macarius (archbishop of Esztergom), ruled in 1142–1147

• Macarius II of Antioch, Patriarch in 1164–1166

• Macarius of Unzha (1349–1444), founder of several Russian monasteries.

• Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1482–1563)

• Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im, Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672

• Macarius, elder of Optina monastery

• Macarius of Corinth (1731–1805), Metropolitan bishop of Corinth

• Macarius IV Tawil, Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1813–1815

• Macarius I, head of the Holy Synod in 1879–1882 in Russia, better known as his church's leading historian

• Macarius (Nevsky), head of the Holy Synod in 1912–1917 in Russia

• Makarios I, archbishop of Cyprus from 1854 to 1865

• Pope Macarius III of Alexandria, ruled in 1944–1945

• Makarios II, archbishop of Cyprus from 1948 to 1950

• Makarios III, archbishop (1950–1977) and president of Cyprus (1960–1977)

• Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi, Eastern Orthodox Archbishop of Nairobi since 2001

• Archbishop Makarios of Australia, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia since 2019

• Macarius of Lviv, Metropolitan of Lviv, bishop of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine

References

See also

• Makario (disambiguation)